Database - Resource Books
Much of the information in the database has been gathered from the following resource books which have been a great help in verifying information that has been submitted by descendants from Frank and Kolb.
Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Vol's. I - IV
by Igor Pleve
These books address the earliest period of German settlement in the Volga Region of Russia for which information is available. These detailed lists of the first settlers who responded to the Manifesto of Catherine the Great include information about their ages, occupations, families, and PLACE OF ORIGIN in the German states. Contains the long-awaited lists of original settlers to the Volga Region as compiled in 1767-1768 for the following villages: Volume I ~ Anton - Franzosen; Volume II ~ Galka - Kutter; Volume III ~ Laub - Pruess; and Volume IV ~ Reinhardt - Warenburg.
The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763-1862
by Karl Stumpp
Professor Stumpp’s monumental work is the fruition of forty years of research. It is of inestimable value to genealogical researchers, since it contains alphabetical lists of thousands of names of German immigrants to Russia, many with vital statistics, place of origin in Germany, and locality of settlement in Russia. The information is nearly complete for Black Sea immigrants, less definitive for Volga Germans. Most valuable is a list of mother colonies of the Volga and Black Sea, giving both the German and Russian name of each village, its governmental district, religious denomination, year of founding, and population statistics. The book also includes fifty pages of compact and authoritative history of Unser’ Leute and a packet of eight 16" x 20" maps.
Frank: A German Colony on the Volga
by Igor Pleve
This monograph consists of the family lists of 1798 and census revisions of 1811, 1816, 1834, 1850, and 1858.
Germans from Russia in the Yakima Valley Prior to 1940
by Central Washington Chapter of AHSGR
The History of Adams County Washington
by Adams County Washington Historical Society
Kolb: A German Colony on the Volga
by Igor Pleve
This volume lists information on various German Russian families from the Volga colony of Kolb, based on censuses from 1798 to 1858. The material has been gathered, compiled, and edited by Dr. Igor R. Pleve of Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia.
